Department of Education & Training (DET)

Nalderun Upper Loddon

Nalderun provide services to support the Aboriginal community, including The Meeting Place, Homework Centre, morning bus, tutoring, support and mentoring during employment and family days. Nalderun also run services for the community including curriculum writing and delivery for schools and kindergartens, perform ‘Welcome to Country’ ceremonies, cultural awareness training, indigenous cooking and planting and men’s and women’s business for interested community members.
Contact: 5479 1060 Kathryn Coff or 5479 1036 Julie McHale
Email: kcoff@cdch.com.au or jmchale@cdch.com.au

Castlemaine District Community Health

Castlemaine Health

Where: 142 Cornish St Castlemaine VIC 3450
Contact: 5471 1673

REFUGEE HEALTH

Foundation House

A range of services are provided to people from refugee backgrounds (i.e. counselling, advocacy, family support, group work, psycho-education, school support, information sessions and complementary therapies). Foundation House provides family based assessment and short term torture trauma counselling in the first 6 months after arrival for Humanitarian entrants.
Where: 6 Gardiner Street Brunswick VIC 3056
Contact: 9388 0022
Email: info@foundationhouse.org.au
Internet: www.foundationhouse.org.au
Foundation House has contracts with regional counselling services to provide short term torture and trauma counselling.
Contact: 9389 8962 Rural Liaison Coordinator Therese Meehan

Royal Children’s Hospital – Immigration Health Service

Provides an assessment service for recently arrived children of a refugee background. This includes medical and dental assessment, immunisations, Mantoux testing and administration of Vitamin D as needed. Pathology, radiology and pharmacy services are available onsite. The Immigrant health clinic utilises the expertise of RCH interpreter service and runs alongside the infectious diseases, travel medicine and immunisation clinics. There is also a concurrent gastroenterology clinic.
Contact: 9345 5522 Helen Milton
Email: helen.milton@rch.org.au
Internet: www.rch.org.au/immigranthealth